In his quirky and smart 1987 book Ronald Reagan the Movie: And Other Episodes in Political Demonology, political scientist Michael Rogin considered how Reagan the actor became Reagan the president.

Concentrated power has always been the enemy of freedom. Our Founders understood this truth as a matter of first principles; that’s why they divided authority among three coequal branches. Ronald ...

Dec. 1 was World AIDS Day. For the first time since this global event was established in 1988, the United States government declined to observe it. Around the world, countries marked the day with ...

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They won one for the Gipper! The 2024 biopic “Reagan” has been awarded Best Western Film–Drama at the Will Rogers Medallion Award Ceremony — after the popular film got snubbed by the Academy of Motion ...

Some websites and social media posts claimed the video was an excerpt from an interview Reagan gave to CBS News' "60 Minutes." In the video, Reagan supposedly credited someone else for the quote: "You ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday compared a Canadian ad featuring former President Reagan, which angered President Trump, to “election interference.” “I read that the premier of Ontario ...

Before the gleaming 747s that now ferry U.S. presidents across oceans, there was a smaller, sleeker jet that carried the weight of the free world. The last Boeing 707 to serve as a primary Air Force ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday said he apologized to President Donald Trump over a controversial political advertisement that quoted former President Ronald Reagan’s 1987 radio ...

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After Ontario releases an ad featuring Ronald Reagan touting free trade over tariffs, Donald Trump increases the tariffs on Canada to 10% in response. Is Trump right about Reagan? Plus, President ...

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the ...